Twilight Series Director Bill Condon to Direct Disney's Live-Action Beauty and the Beast

Disney is out to make more live-action adaptations of their acclaimed animated properties -- as The Mouse House have now announced that Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and 2 helmer Bill Condon is set to direct a live-action version of Beauty and the Beast.

According to Variety, Condon -- who also worked on Oscar-winning musicals Dream Girls, as director, and wrote the screenplay for Chicago -- will target the remake of the Best Picture-nominated Beauty and the Beast.

The remake of the 1991 hit comes from a script by Hercules (the Dwayne Johnson version) scribe Evan Spiliotopoulos. The writer also handled previous Disney flicks, including The Jungle Book 2 and The Lion King 1 ½, as well as contributions to the direct-to-video Tinkerbell series, which earned a spot on IGN’s The 25 Best Movies You Didn’t See In Theatres list.

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Considering the financial success of Maleficent (which has grossed $170 million) and other hit live-actions adaptations, such as Alice in Wonderland, it comes as no surprise that we’ll be seeing more of our two-dimensional favorites get the live-action treatment.

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Beauty and the Beast has been in live-action on the small screen, most notably with the cult 1987 series starring Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy). A Beauty and the Beast series currently airs on The CW, and is set to return for a third season.

Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast doesn’t yet have a release date.

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